Camping Adventures

Fall Camping — Kicking it up a Notch

Fall camping is a time to make modifications in our gear to maintain our daytime and nighttime comfort.

Two things change how we fall camp: darkness comes earlier, and night temperatures hint at frost. It’s time to make slight modifications in our gear to maintain both our daytime comfort "cool" as well as give us an edge against the nighttime chill. There are several ways we can accomplish this without too many changes in our camping gear.

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Camping 101: Feet Heat!

I don’t know which is worse, cold hands or cold
feet! Neither is very comforting and both can make even the shortest of
inactive time in the field unbearable. And despite all the wool blend socks and
insulated super boots, for many of us, our feet still eventually get cold and
our toes go numb. Fortunately there are electric boot heaters out there and
they don’t need a long cord to function!

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Camping 101: Winter Is Time To Restock Raided Packs

I stole at least three items last year, from camping packs that were initially designed for a specific purpose, purposes for which my thievery was only technically justified. If you are going to rob “Peter” to pay “Paul” (in this case, yourself to tend to yourself), make sure you pay “Peter” back!

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Camping 101: Lawn Games: Get Them On Your Gift List Now!

Lawn games are an essential part of a family campout. For those of you
who make holiday gift lists,
now might be a time to decide what you’d like to add to your lawn game
inventory for next year’s camping season. Here’s a brief description of
the most popular lawn games out there today.

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